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"First issued in 1874."
Appendix A. Extracts illustrative of the progress of the language previous to 1600.--B. The "Canterbury tales."--C. The plays of Shakespeare.--D. "Paradise lost" and "Paradise regained."--E. A brief dictionary of deceased minor authors &c., giving the dates of their births and deaths, the reigns in which they wrote, and the titles of some of their chief works (p. [306]-364)